• n. 葉子；（書籍等的）一張；扇頁
• vi. 生葉；翻書頁
• vt. 翻…的頁，匆匆翻閱
• n. (Leaf)人名；(英)利夫

來自PIE*leup,剝開，撕下，詞源同library,lodge.引申詞義撕下的葉子，用以書寫的頁片。可能進一步來自PIE*skel,切，撕，詞源同shell,scale.詞義演變比較corium,carnal.

leaf

leaf: [OE] Leaf goes back to a prehistoric Germanic *laubaz, which also produced words for ‘foliage’ in other modern Germanic languages (German laub, Dutch loof, Swedish l?f, and Danish l?v). It is not known for certain where the Germanic word came from, although a connection has been suggested with Russian lupit’ ‘bark’. It may also lie behind the modern English words lobby and lodge.
=> lobby, lodge

leaf (n.)

Old English leaf "leaf of a plant; page of a book," from Proto-Germanic *laubaz (cognates: Old Saxon lof, Old Norse lauf, Old Frisian laf, Dutch loof, Old High German loub, German Laub "foliage, leaves," Gothic lauf), perhaps from PIE *leup- "to peel off, break off" (cognates: Lithuanian luobas, Old Church Slavonic lubu "bark, rind"). Extended 15c. to very thin sheets of metal (especially gold). Meaning "hinged flap on the side of a table" is from 1550s.

leaf (v.)

"to turn over (the pages of a book)," 1660s, from leaf (n.). The notion of a book page also is in the phrase to turn over a (new) leaf (1570s). Related: Leafed; leaved; leafing.

1. I was shaking all over, trembling like a leaf.

我像風中的落葉一樣渾身發(fā)抖。

來自柯林斯例句

2. Fortunately, the chore of leaf sweeping is well worth the effort.

幸運的是，干清掃落葉這個活兒是值得的。

來自柯林斯例句

3. Bay leaf is an excellent herb for mackerel.

干月桂葉是烹制鯖魚肉極佳的調(diào)味料。

來自柯林斯例句

4. the cusp of a leaf

葉尖

來自《權(quán)威詞典》

5. The trees are just coming into leaf .

樹木正好在長葉子。

來自《權(quán)威詞典》